Sale reports / South Dakota / St. Onge Livestock / 2022-10-14

St. Onge Livestock

Feeder Cattle · St. Onge, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 14
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2019
Receipts
4,410 head
1,549 vs last sale 2,861 1,891 vs year ago 2,519 · +75.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 400 - 450 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher; 450 - 500 lbs 5.00 lower; 500 - 550 lbs, steady; 550 - 650 steady to down 3.00; and over 650 steady. Feeder heifers in most weights sold steady to 3.00 lower; 550 - 600 lbs sold steady. Very good demand for load lots and strings of primarily home raised feeder steers and heifers, with a very active market. Load lots and large packages were very attractive, light to moderate fleshed, with many carrying spring and fall vaccinations. There was some active bidding on some nice heifers that were likely headed back to pasture for a breeding program. The next spring calf special is Oct. 21.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $203.90/cwt on 2,604 head.
Average price
$203.90
2,604 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,201
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.45
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1589204.381,2042,563
Medium and Large 1-2583173.831,01341
One grade step is worth $30.55/cwt here — about $191 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2,604 hd
203.90
SD average9 barns · 17,741 hd
203.45
+0.45
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

34 lots · USDA AMS · St. Onge Livestock Auction - St. Onge, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1911163.02/cwt154.50–166.001,48524
SteersMedium and Large 1868173.86/cwt171.50–176.501,50925
SteersMedium and Large 1477229.90/cwt192.00–251.501,097302
BullsMedium and Large 1614167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,02815
HeifersMedium and Large 1986163.50/cwt163.00–164.001,61210
HeifersMedium and Large 1369208.21/cwt193.00–216.0076815
HeifersMedium and Large 1342209.02/cwt200.00–216.0071518
HeifersMedium and Large 1876171.01/cwt169.00–172.501,49824
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570165.00/cwt165.00–165.0094117
SteersMedium and Large 1379234.92/cwt202.00–254.0089036
SteersMedium and Large 1573201.82/cwt185.50–212.501,156773
SteersMedium and Large 1842174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,4658
HeifersMedium and Large 11,032161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,6629
SteersMedium and Large 1715194.55/cwt179.00–203.501,391175
SteersMedium and Large 1524212.01/cwt194.00–223.501,111280
SteersMedium and Large 1628192.99/cwt181.00–195.751,212412
SteersMedium and Large 1795184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,46312
SteersMedium and Large 1933179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,67013
HeifersMedium and Large 1476188.09/cwt172.50–202.00895375
HeifersMedium and Large 1673177.62/cwt161.00–183.001,19563
SteersMedium and Large 1439243.13/cwt198.00–254.501,067106
SteersMedium and Large 1670192.34/cwt180.00–206.001,289421
HeifersMedium and Large 1530184.60/cwt175.00–189.00978312
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed885164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,45613
HeifersMedium and Large 1427193.13/cwt181.00–204.0082558
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523181.00/cwt181.00–181.0094711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2463173.09/cwt170.00–177.0080111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2701186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,30413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485152.00/cwt152.00–152.007375
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4456
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2914162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,4817
HeifersMedium and Large 1571185.86/cwt173.50–194.001,061312
HeifersMedium and Large 1826171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,4125
HeifersMedium and Large 1614177.77/cwt172.00–183.501,09265

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.